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In defence of my generation of parents

I was interviewed recently for a television program that intends to look at various styles of parenting and the kinds of children these create. I know they’re trying to be nuanced about the topic but I can imagine the stereotypes their audience will have in mind. Namely, the idea that my generation of parents are coddling our children, are too intense about our parenting, that we’re a little too attentive.. that we want our kids to get trophies just for showing up and we’re creating feckless brats in the process. Yes, so about that..

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Oh, that is a nice piece, and I’m glad to see such recognition for effort and just showing up. It’s something I see Libra struggling with: the idea that, if he’s not good at something, it’s not worth pursuing. He abhors the necessity of practice and being bad at a thing until you get good at it.

I’m interested in that television program though! Generational differences in parenting feel pretty topical to me right now.